Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester

Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester Travel through time! From horse bus to Metrolink... the story of Greater Manchester's public transport
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If you fancy a really interesting, unusual and enjoyable day out, why not pay a visit to the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester? It's just like taking a trip back in time as you wander through one of Britain's biggest collections of restored buses, coaches and trams. Your amazing time-travelling journey will take you all the way from an elaborately painted Victorian open-top horse drawn bus,

to the streamlined prototype of Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram. In between you'll be able to see and sit in fascinating vehicles that range from early trams, trolley buses and even the 'charras' that took Greater Manchester folk on their outings to the coast and countryside. The museum is located within a genuine bus garage and features transport offices preserved like time capsules from the past, complete with original decor and furniture. There are also lots of smaller memory-joggers like old ticket machines, uniforms, timetables and photographs.

Not all our exhibits are buses - we have all kinds of ephemera from timetables to buttons. This humble poster once adv...
20/06/2026

Not all our exhibits are buses - we have all kinds of ephemera from timetables to buttons. This humble poster once advertised a local business inside buses, just above the windows - do you remember adverts like this? To see our collection, visit on a Monday, Wednesday or weekend 10 am to 4.30 pm.

It's the start of the rush hour for this week's , and we're watching this bus leave garage for a trip to Manchester. ...
18/06/2026

It's the start of the rush hour for this week's , and we're watching this bus leave garage for a trip to Manchester. The flats at the end of the street are long gone, but the garage itself is still use to house Bee Network buses. And we have a bus identical to this one restored and on display in our museum.

We can't do everything on our own, and we have some brill friends who support us. One of them is Manchester Breakdown Se...
16/06/2026

We can't do everything on our own, and we have some brill friends who support us. One of them is Manchester Breakdown Services LTD who regularly help us with moving buses to or from storage, or to a restoration workshop. Thank you to Scott and the crew at MBS.

Trains, not buses, for this week's . We're somewhere in Greater Manchester for this busy scene - but where is it? Oh, a...
15/06/2026

Trains, not buses, for this week's . We're somewhere in Greater Manchester for this busy scene - but where is it? Oh, and for bonus points, WHEN was it taken? Tell us if you think you know and we'll confirm the answer later.

14/06/2026

We had a fabulous time last weekend, when we celebrated 125 years of Queens Road garage, our neighbour. Take a look at the scenes you enjoyed (or missed...).

13/06/2026
Our brings our collection to you and maybe tempts you to visit. And what an item we have for you this week! It's North...
13/06/2026

Our brings our collection to you and maybe tempts you to visit. And what an item we have for you this week! It's North Western 432, and this grand old lady was new in 1938. Want to see it? Visiting details at motgm.uk

Over the past few months a small band of our volunteers have been working on our little Seddon 1722, it had been hidden ...
11/06/2026

Over the past few months a small band of our volunteers have been working on our little Seddon 1722, it had been hidden away in the workshop not on display and the event at Queens Road was an ideal opportunity to get it out of the shadows and give it some love. We have refreshed the interior with some newly recovered seats and smartened up the floor, and our friends at Replica Blinds by PWC provided a new blind for the bus.

Hopefully at some point later in the year, we are hoping it can make an appearance on our free bus services at an event.

this week takes us to bus station - the photo is undated but we think it's about 1989. We'd love to know if anyone r...
11/06/2026

this week takes us to bus station - the photo is undated but we think it's about 1989. We'd love to know if anyone recognises the Wiganer lady on the left!

Address

Boyle Street, Cheetham
Manchester
M88UW

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

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441612052122

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